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ESPN networks deliver best college football regular season since 2011; College GameDay Built by The Home Depot scores most-watched season ever

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ESPN networks have wrapped up a record-setting college football regular season, delivering their highest average viewership since 2011. Across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, the sport averaged 2.2 million viewers per game, marking a 16 percent year-over-year increase. ABC posted its best season since 2006, averaging 6.9 million viewers over 46 regular season games – a 19 percent jump from last year and the third-highest average audience for the network on record (dating back to 1996).

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ABC scores top game of the week for the 10th straight week; College GameDay posts Week 11 growth and record season rolls on

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ESPN’s college football coverage delivered strong audiences in Week 11, highlighted by a solid College GameDay Built by The Home Depot performance from Lubbock and continued network growth across ABC and ESPN networks.

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ESPN earns highest October viewership in a decade for its weekday programming; Several shows score multi-year highs

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ESPN’s weekday daytime viewership (7 a.m.–7 p.m. ET) was its highest in a decade for the month of October, driven by audience growth across all 10 studio shows in the 12-hour window. ESPN’s daytime viewership, averaging 424,000 viewers, up 13 percent year-over-year, and its best mark since 2015, follows a September where every individual studio show also saw healthy year-over-year growth. This results in one of ESPN’s strongest starts to the fall sports calendar amongst studio shows in recent years.

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ESPN Networks Deliver Record College Football Viewership at the Midway Point of the Season, College GameDay Continues on Historic Run

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ESPN is delivering its strongest college football season in more than 15 years, scoring record audiences across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Through nine weeks, ESPN networks are averaging 2.3 million viewers per game, their largest audience since 2009 and an increase of 20 percent year-over-year.

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ESPN Daytime Studio Shows Surge in September

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ESPN’s daily studio show lineup delivered audience increases across the board in September, as the fall sports season began in earnest. Multiple shows – Get Up, First Take and The Pat McAfee Show – earned their highest September viewership ever, while others, including SportsCenter, delivered multi-year highs for September.

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ABC Scores Three of the Top Four Best Audiences of College Football’s Week 2; College GameDay Delivers Second Most-Watched Regular Season Show on Record

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ESPN networks achieve best two-week start for college football since 2009 (3.2M viewers), while ABC is off to its strongest..

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ESPN Networks Command Historic Viewership with Second Most-Watched Labor Day Weekend in At Least 30 Years

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ESPN networks scored a historic start to the fall sports season, delivering the second most-watched Labor Day Weekend in at least 30 years (records date back to 1995) and ESPN’s most-watched Labor Day Weekend since 2016. From Saturday, Aug. 30 through Monday, Sept. 1, fans consumed 16.8 billion minutes across ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, up 25 percent year-over-year.

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ESPN and ABC Rewrite Week 1 Viewership History Books, College GameDay Shatters All-Time Audience Record

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ESPN and ABC kicked off the college football season with record-breaking audiences, highlighted by the most watched episode in the history of College GameDay, the best Week 1 for ESPN networks on record and ABC’s strongest Kickoff Weekend performance on record.

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ESPN’s College Football Bowl Viewership Reaches Record Highs for 2024-25 Season

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The 2024-25 college football bowl season on ESPN platforms saw remarkable growth, drawing significant increases in viewership across key demographics. The 33 non-College Football Playoff bowls averaged 2.7 million viewers, marking a 14 percent year-over-year increase and the largest audience since the 2019-20 season. Gains were particularly notable among viewers aged 18-49, with a 21 percent rise in that demographic.

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